Slightly spray the top of the crab cakes with your favorite cooking oil.
Frozen crab cakes in air fryer oven.
You can also batch cook a bunch of these by simply freezing the formed but not yet cooked crab cakes on a parchment lined baking sheet.
The cooked crab cakes will keep in the fridge for several days and can be reheated in the microwave oven or air fryer.
Depending on the thickness of the cake and the duration that they were kept in the freezer for frozen crab cakes will take about 6 to 8 minutes to get cooked properly.
Spray crab cakes on both sides with cooking spray and place them in the air fryer basket.
Step 6 cook for 5 minutes then gently turn the cakes over and cook until crispy brown about 5 minutes longer.
Once done open air fryer and remove crab cakes and paper liners if using.
If you do fry defrosted crab cakes be careful when flipping them as they are prone to crumble.
Close your air fryer basket and cook on 370 degrees fahrenheit for 10 minutes.
However if you defrost them in the refrigerator prior to sautéing they will likely only take 3 to 4 minutes to cook.
Once they are completely frozen transfer them to a sealed freezer safe container.